Intermediate After Effects Training Class

Class Description, Intermediate After Effects

This Intermediate After Effects training class will take your After Effects skills to the next level! It is meant for experienced After Effects users who wish to master many of the intermediate and advanced techniques in After Effects. We will cover: rotoscoping, color correction, 3D animations, 3D camera tracker, advanced editing techniques, rendering and output.

In this After Effects training class, the Web Guru will expertly guide you through the intermediate and advanced features of After Effects with an emphasis on real-world projects. Upon completion of this course you will be able to use After Effects with greater confidence and apply your new skills immediately.

Who should take class?

• Experienced After Effects users
• Filmmakers, Video Producers, Video Editors
• Other digital media professionals who need to use After Effects with confidence
• You should have experience with After Effects understand all the topics covered in Introduction to After Effects

What’s Included?

• Instruction from an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI), who is also an experienced web and graphic designer
• Detailed notes
• Lesson files and hands-on exercises
• Follow up sessions with the instructor by phone and email

Detailed Curriculum, Intermediate After Effects

1. Using the Rotobrush Tool

• About rotoscoping
• Getting started
• Creating a segmentation boundary
• Fine-tuning the matte
• Freezing your Roto Brush tool results
• Changing the background
• Adding animated text
• Outputting your project

2. Performing Color Correction

• Adjusting color balance
• Replacing the background
• Correcting a range of colors
• Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect
• Motion tracking
• Color grading

3. Using the 3D features

• Creating 3D text
• Using 3D views
• Adding 3D lights
• Adding a camera
• Adding a text layer
• Repositioning layers
• Working with Cinema 4D Lite

4. Working with the 3D Camera Tracker

• Repairing rolling shutter distortions
• Tracking the footage
• Creating a ground plane, a camera, and text
• Creating realistic shadows
• Adding ambient light
• Creating additional text
• Locking a layer to a plane
• Animating text
• Adjusting camera’s depth of field
• Rendering the composition

5. Advanced Editing Techniques

• Using Warp Stabilizer VFX
• Bicubic scaling
• Single point motion tracking
• Checking for drift
• Multipoint tracking
• Using mocha for After Effects
• Creating a particle simulation
• Particle systems
• High dynamic range (HDR) footage

6. Rendering and Output

• About compression
• Creating templates for the render queue
• Exporting
• Preparing movies for mobile devices
• Using Adobe Media Encoder
• Preparing a movie for broadcast output